Design, etc.
April 22, 2008
The Droste Effect
I’m late with this one. At my grocery store I could only find three examples: Land O’Lakes Butter, Morton Salt and Cracker Jacks. These packages each include a picture of the package itself and are often cited by writers discussing...
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You don't need it stickers
A thoughtful reminder from the Anti-Advertising Agency. Link: The Anti-Advertising Agency...
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His illustrations are both fluid and solid. Impressive. Link: Frank Stockton...
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Shepard Fairey's 1984 and Animal Farm book covers
Beautiful reissue covers of two classic George Orwell novels. Link: The Penguin Blog: ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.’...
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Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work
This is one of those links that comes around every so often, but then I always forget about it, so here it is. Wally Wood was an American comic book writer and artist. 22 Panels was his cheat sheet, so...
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Matchbox Labels
Gorgeous 2+ colour designs on matchbox covers from the 50s and 60s. There should be like “design archaeologists” to keep tabs of all the design that has been created across time for what is now extinct packaging. Or maybe this...
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Elevators and Iconography
I ride the elevator at work twice a day: once to get into the gulag, and the second time to escape it. And every time I’m in it, I inevitably start staring at the buttons. Mostly I’m trying to avoid...
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